gascoyne

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proper noun

An English surname from Old French, variant of Gascoigne.

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gascoyne1

noungascoyne (plural gascoynes)

plural gascoynes

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of gaskin (“hose; trousers”).

    Sponge i' thy gascoyns, / Thy gally-gascoyns there! [Footnote u: gally-gascoyns] "i.e. wide hose or slops" [trousers]. Reed.]

    c. 1615–1617, Thomas Middleton, “The Widow”, in The Works of Thomas Middleton, […], volume III, London: Edward Lumley, […], published 1840, →OCLC, act IV, scene i, page 405

Gascoyne2

proper noun
  1. An English surname from Old French, variant of Gascoigne.
  2. A minor city in Bowman County, North Dakota.
  3. One of nine administrative regions in Western Australia.

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APA

gascoyne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gascoyne

MLA

“gascoyne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gascoyne. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gascoyne,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gascoyne.

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